Horseshoe.



" E. L. MiLLER.

HDRSESHOE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7. 1916.

1,184,476. Patented May 23,1916.

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EDWARD L. MILLER, GLEN GARDNER, NEW JERSEY.

HORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1916.

Application filed March 7, 1916. Serial No. 82,735.

exact description.

My invention relates to a horse-shoe having a toe calk of a character that may be embodied either in a winter calk or a summer calk.

Objects of the invention are to providea horse-shoe of the indicated character, in which the shoe and the toe calk thereof are formed in a manner to facilitate the placing and removal of the calk; to provide for applying the improved shoe to the hoof with a minimum of cutting of the hoof, and to provide for holding the calk firmly and securely in position.

The distinctive character and the advantages of the invention will more clearly appear as the description proceeds.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speclfication in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a horseshoe embodying my invention; Fig. 2 s a section on the line 22, Fig. 1; Flg. 3 1s a perspective view of a summer toe calk formed in accordance with my inventlon.

The shoe, designated generally by the numeral 10, may be ofany approved form. My improved calk 11 is formed with a top plate 12 on the front end of which is produced an upturned lug 13. The rear end of the plate 12 is formed wlth an upstanding flange 14:, the upper terminal of wh1ch is formed with a forwardly disposed lip 15. The said lip 15 is received in a notch 16 which is formed in the'rear edge of the shoe at the front, the formation of the notch resulting in a rear edge portion 17 of reduced thickness, the said reduced portion being embraced by the rear end of the plate 12, its flange 14c, and the 11p 15, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The notch 16 presents side shoulders between which the lip 15 is accommodated and thereby held against lateral displacement.

On the upper surface of the shoe 10, at the toe, is a protuberance 18, the upper surface of which is rounded transversely and inclines rearwardly and downwardly from the front end or toe of the shoe, whereby to be accommodated in a small concave notch a in the hoof A indicated in Fig. 2. The protuberance 18 is formed with a threaded screw hole 18, which, it is to be noted, is oblique to the plane of the shoe 10.

The formation results in an ample amount of material at the screw hole without appreciably increasing the thickness of the shoe at the toe and thereby requiring but a very small cutting as a, in the hoof to receive the protuberance. A bolt or set screw 19, or like fastener, is received in a screwhole 20 in the lug 13, which alines with the screw-hole 18 when the toe calk is in position.

It will be noted from Fig. 2, that the opposed surfaces of the lug 13 and the front of the shoe 10 are curved, the curvature being struck approximately with the reduced edge 17 as a center. By the described construction the rear end of the plate 12, with its flange 14 and lip 15, may be hooked over the reduced edge portion 17, and the toe calk may be rocked upwardly on the said reduced edge until the lug 13 comes to a firm bearing on the opposed curved surface of the shoe and with the plate 12 firmly seated at the under side of the shoe, bringing the holes, 18 20, into line for receiving the screw 19 orequivalent fastener. Thus, the toe calk may be readily attached and detached in order to employ the sharp calk, Figs. 1 and 2, for slippery footing, or the dull calk 11, Fig. 3, when a sharp calk is not required.

It will also be noted that, by virtue of the location of the protuberance 18 at the upper surface of the toe portion of the shoe, and the attachment of the lug 13 of the calk at the front of the said protuberance, these parts combine to form an effective substitute for, and to do away with, the usual toe clip which engages the hoof and in addition to protecting the same, assists in preventing displacement of the shoe, the hoof being protected from the bolt or setscrew 19 by virtue of the fact that the latter threads into an opening in the said protuberance.

It is to be understood that detachable heel calks 21 of any approved form will be employed on the shoe so that sharp or dull heel calks may be secured in position to' correspond with the character of the toe calk.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A horse-shoe having a notch in the rear edge at the forward portion of the said shoe, the notch presenting shoulders at the sides, and an edge portion of reduced thickness at the bottom of said notch, the said shoe having a protuberance thereon at and extending above the upper surface of the toe of the shoe in line with said notch, the upper surface of the protuberance being transversely rounded and inclining downwardly and rearwardly from the front end of the protuberance, said protuberance furthermore having a screw-hole therein extending from the for- V ward end oblique to the plane of the shoe,

and a detachable toe calk having a top plate formed at its rear end with an upright flange engaging said reduced back edge of the shoe and terminating in a forwardly disposed lip fitting the said notch to rock vertically on the said reduced edge, the said calk at the front having an upwardly disposed lugextending above the protuberance and formed with a screw hol alining with the oblique hole in the protuberance, the opposed surfaces of the said lug and protuberance being curved on an arc struck approximately from the reduced edge as a center, said surfaces lying in firm contact when the respective screw-holes are alined.

2. A horse-shoe having a detachable toe calk, the said calk and shoe having inter-engaging members at the rear edge of the front portion of the shoe, said call: having an upwardly projecting lug at the toe, and a screw-hole in said lug, the said shoe having a screw-hole alining with the hole in the lug and being oblique to the plane of the shoe and'a protuberance in which said screw hole is formed, extending with the calk lug above the upper surface of the shoe at its toe portion, and cooperating with said lug to form a toe clip.

8. A horse-shoe having a protuberance at the upper surface at the toe, and a toe calk having a top plate formedwith an upwardly projecting 11'181Tlb81' at the rear edge, said member terminating in a forwardly disposed lip and engaging the said shoe at the rear i edge of the front portion of the shoe, and an upwardly projecting lug on the calk at the toe, said proturberance and said lug extending above the upper surface of the shoe and forming a toe clip, and a sharpening member extending through the lug and threaded into the said protuberance.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD MILLER.

Witnesses a J. L. MoAULiFrE, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

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